Parker Solar Probe is humanity's first mission to a star.NASA/Johns Hopkins Applied Physics LaboratoryNASA's Parker Solar Probe is about to make its closest approach to the sun.The spacecraft will fly within 3.8 million miles of the solar surface.The spacecraft is collecting essential data that can help inform forecasting models on Earth.The fastest human-made object is hurtling toward the sun at this very moment, approaching speeds of 430,000 mph — and on December 24, it's scheduled to make history.NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched in 2018 and has completed 21 close flybys around the sun.
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- NASA’s Parker Solar Probe: The Fastest Human-Made Object Just “Touched” the Sun and Shattered Records
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has shattered records by venturing closer to the Sun than ever before, reaching blazing speeds of 430,000 mph. Equipped with groundbreaking technology, it braved extreme ...
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12/27/2024 - 5:47 am | View Link - NASA's Parker Solar Probe phones home after surviving historic close sun flyby. It's alive!
The spacecraft flew within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface to "touch the sun" on Christmas Eve.
12/27/2024 - 1:53 am | View Link - When will we know if NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived ‘touching’ the sun?
NASA's Parker Solar Probe made its closest approach to the sun on4. But did it survive? We're about to find out.
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